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SHIRT. I No. 274,919. Patented Apr. 3, 1883.-

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UNITED STATES.

PATIENT OFFICE.

CLAYTON N. DAVIS, OF FORT EDWARD, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO RUSSELL G. DAVIS AND H. DAVIS NORTHUP,'OF SAME PLACE.

, SHIRT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 274,919, dated April 3, 1883.

. Application filed December 9, 1882. model.)

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, CLAYTON N. DAVIS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fort Edward, in the county of Washington and The objects of my invenion are, first, to

conceal the back opening or slit; second, to re-"ent'orce the back by an additional ply or thickness of cloth. I attain these objects by 2o constructing the shirt-in the manner-illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which the figure is a view of the back of ashirt, showing the covering and re-enforcing ply A.

The broken line a 1) represents the-position of the opening or slit in the back of the shirt, and A the covering and re-enforcing ply. The button E serves to hold together the ends of the neckband, and the button D the ends of the yoke O, and also to secure the upper side 0 of the ply A when buttoned thereon. The

dotted lines represent rows of stitching, and

the ply A is stitched to the body of the shirt from F to G at the bottom and from G to F on the other side. From F to D and, from D 5 to F the fly is left loose. When the respect- We parts arereleased from the buttons the shirt can be opened sufliciently to be easily put on or removed from the wearer. The ply A may be stitched with one or more rows of stitching across the lower part,just below the opening, as shown.

The facing of the upper side of ply A may be extended and stitched to the body of the shirt on each side-as, for example, to B and 5 B'-which serves to relieve the corners F and F from the strain occasioned by a forward movement of the shoulders. By stitching the covering-ply to the body of the shirt uponboth sides of the opening, and then buttoning the upper side to the yoke, the perfect con-cealo ment of the opening is rendered ,certain.

The covering-ply A may be of one or any desired number of thicknesses and of any suitable material,and maybe of any desired shape,

provided it is stitched to the body of the shirt on both sides of the back-opening, as described. The sides of the ply A may extend. upward to and be stitched as far as the yoke to the body of the shirt, having the upper loose sides straight or nearly straight across from one the shirt between the points F and F and the yoke. The extensions need not necessarily be a part of the facing, and may be of any suitable material. I

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isl 1. In a shirt, a covering or re-eni'orciug ply stitched to the body of the shirt on both of its inclined sides and bottom, and unstitched at the top end, but provided with a button-hole, sov as to be buttoned to the yoke or collar band 8 of the shirt, substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a shirt, the covering-ply A, stitched to the body of the shirt on both sides of the backopening, in combination with the extensions B and B, also stitched to the bodyof the shirt, substantially as described, and for the purposes mentioned.

CLAYTON N. DAVIS.

Witnesses:

CHARLES H. IRVING, ALBERT LAOKMANN. 

